CNG 84, Lot: 320. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.93 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Miletos mint. Struck circa 300-295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, labrys below throne. Price 2140; ADM I Series XI, 241 (same obv. die). Near EF, attractively toned. Rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.